You CAN live in an £8 million London penthouse for free. Here's how you do it!

You know how your mum says that if something seems to good to be true it probably is, well - we’ve found the exception. There’s an ad on SpareRoom where you can live in an £8 Million Paddington Penthouse for free.

Not only that, there’s a team of household staff at the apartment to look after you, all the cleaning and laundry is taken care of, and there’s a chef who will prepare you delicious meals five days a week - oh, and a team of drivers who will take you out to party!

What kind of person are they looking for?

Well, they are looking for someone who enjoys a bit of banter. Is that you?! The advert says they are open minded about the sort of person they’d like. You don’t have to be successful and wealthy but they want to live with like-minded people (they have two successful technology companies) or something who is ambitious. Being entrepreneurial and into technology is a big plus and enjoying getting drunk quite often is essential.

Non-party animals need not apply, nor people with actual animals as there are already two chihuahuas hanging around. It’s also a non smoking property.

What’s the catch?

Well they don’t want money from you and are just looking for an interesting person to hang out with, party with, bounce ideas around and generally enjoy all that London has to offer. Awwww… Or it could end up like House of A Thousand Corpses, Rosemary’s Baby, Hostel, The Guest, Hostel 2, Cabin in the Woods, Psycho, The Shining, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho 2 or Hostel 3.

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